Improvement in machine foe weaving baskets



F. H. BROWN.

MACHINE POR WEAVING BASKETS.

No. 69,309. Y Patented Oct. l, 1867.

@uiten tstes gstrn't 1 @frn 'FRANKLIN H. BROWN., 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR l-O HIMSELF, E. F". PEUGEOT, AND LEMUEL H.`FLERSHEll\/I, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters .Patent No. (59,309, dated October 1, 1867.

lMPROVEMENT IN 4MACHINE FOR WEAVING BASKETS..

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TI) WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN;

Bc it known't-hat I, FRANKLIN H. BROWN, of Chicago, in the county of-Cook, and Stato of Illinois,.havo invented a new and useful Machinefor Forming and Weaving Baskets or lsimilar kinds of work; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompany4` ing drawings and letters ci' reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view vof my basket machine, showing a. vertical section of the skeleton form and cylinder.

Figure 2 is a view of that .part oi' the skeleton form which faces thc cylinder; this iigure also shows the weaving devices upon a standard which mayibe'made to oscillate Figure 3 is a cross-sectionof' the cylinder as seen from the direction of the skeleton form.

Figure 4 is a. top view of my basket machine, with all of its parts, as seen when Yin opera-tion.

Figure 5 is a. front view of the jaw and packing device F, showing a cross-section of one of the forms, E, und the loose eye 9, thus showing their manner of construction and combination. i

llyiinvention relates to that class of machines'which are constructed to perform certain kinds of work automatically, and is to be used more lespecially in making baskets of various forms; and its nature consists in v forming a basket into any desiredA shape by means of a skeleton form orforms; also carrying the filling to its proper place bymeansoi movable jaws andpacking devices so arranged that as the lling is packed, the packing and forming device F, by means of rods connected with devices in the cylinder, and control-led by cam G and H, move a less distance equal to the width of the filling also for attaching a weaving device ortho parts for guiding the' filling and actuating the uprights to an oscillating standard, for the purpose of weaving baskets of su irregular form.

Construction. Y

To enabie others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, `I will'describe the method of construc tion and operation.

B represents .the shaft which is attached to the frame A; K K represent shoulders which arealso attached to shaft B; Y represents the spokes which are attached to K and held in position by set-screws; E represents the forms, which are made of spring brass or any other suitable material, and are attached to shou der K, as shown in fig.v1, being held into proper position by set-screws, and can be adjusted a greater or less distance from thel shaft-B in shoulder K, for the purpose of varying the size or form of the basket. The form ofthe basket muy also be changed by using various shapes of forms E. Thofront ends of the forms E are connected to piecesmL L these pieces are passed through the slots of spokes Y, and are made to move down, as shown by the dotted lines between the shaft B and forms E in fig-1, as more fully explained hereafter. The guido pieces M are made sloping down to their centres, as shown in iig. 2, and are attached to the pieces L L', as shown in figs. 1 and 2, and are used for the purpose of guiding the uprights V into the jaws a a. T represents the teeth which form the controlling band, they being iicxible, as shown in fig. 1 by dotted lines, and are held in position by thc braces U. '.lhey are made flexible, so as to yield in case the device F or filling 8 should accidentally strike against them while in operation. The band-X is attached to the spokes Y, and may be of any desired form to correspond with the shape of' the basket, its use being to act as a resistant to the cam Z as it forces down the pieces L L', and also to control the position of the Weaving device. N is a projection attached to pieces L4 L', as shown in fig. 4, its use boing to press against the tail piecef as itis brought in contact with N, und thus open the jaws a a. The spring g acts against the inside of tail piecef, forcing the jaws a a together, thus clasping the uprights V. The packing and forming device E is attached to the forms E by means of the eyo 9, which is made loose to enable 'the device F'to retain its vertical position as it slides along the forms E. The rivet I) for the purpose of forming a joint for the jaws a a. O is a rod connecting the packing and forming device F with thc rod Q und slide j", as shown in iig. 1. Picco P is made so as to bc adjusted on rod Q by moans of a sot-screw, It, in order' thatit may be accommodated to the adjustment of forms E. The pieces d* are madev to slide in the openings 10 of the cylinder D, as clezirly shown in fig. 4, by moons of the cams G andH. 'lhe cams G and H andsc-rew C are connected to a stationary sleeve passing around shaft B, and may be turned for the purpose of adjustment, and held in position bv set-screws 12. The cam G is attached to the slide I,

which is dove-tailed to 4the slide I', and is made to move back regularly to accommodate itself' to the iilling b`y means of'the screw C and its connection J. lScrew C isA madeV to revolve, being connected hy gearing .t s with shaft B. Cam H is made stationary, and its use is to return the slides f' and the packing device l" to their original position'. The original position of' the pacl-iiing andf'ormingdevice Fis to the Ifront end of the forni, and'near the guide. M. A The holder 3 is made substantially as shown in-igs. 2 and al, and is attached to upper end of standard 4, its use being to hold the weaving device and com Z in position. The pieces L', while passing under the'cam Z, eansethe jaws@ a to pass under and free-from the filling which is passing through separator 2 while the upriglits are allowed to pass over and nre forced under the vseparator alternately by meanso` the wheelG. When the pieces L hn've passed-the cam Z, they spring back to their origina-l position, thus enabling the guide pieces M, in connection with the jaws a a, to again control the uprights l The standard 4 is pivoted at 5 so as to oscillate when the band X is of ain irregular shape.V y

4 Operation..

The uprights V can be put on the forms E in the usual manner, care being taken that the luprights are placed into Veach tooth T andl the guide piecesM, which'ivill guide them into the jaws a a. The cam G is placed in position over the cylinder D, as'shown in figs. 1, 3, and 4. The filling 8 is passed through theseparator, and is drawn alternately over and under the uprights in al diagonal line, as shown in fig. 4. Then power is applied tothe shaft B, revolving the forms E and cylinder D; this brings the rods Q, connected with the slides against the cam G, forcing, by means of the rod O, the packing and filling device Fforward from its original position. This causes the jaws a a to close on the uprights V, thus pressing the filling 8 down to its proper place and' allowingr the uprights V to'slide through the eye formed by the closed jaws a a, causing the uprights V to conform to the shapes of the forms E, as shown by the dotted lines-above the uprights V in iig. 1, thc uprights being retained to this form by the lling 8 as the work progresses. After the weaving is completed the basket may be removed fromv the machine. The connecting pieceJ is then raised to enable the cam G to he slid back to its original position, ready to weavek another basket.

Having thus fully described my vinvention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

.1. A skele-ton basket-form, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The packing and forming device F or its equivalent, as and for the purposes specified.

. The guide pieces M, constructed and operating as and for the purposes specified.

Cam Z, in combination with the band X, as and for the purposes specified..

Thc flexible teeth T ofthe controlling band, as 'and f or the purposes set forth.

. The holder 3, in combination with rod 1 and cam Z, as and for the purposes set forth.

. The cam G, in combination with the screw C, as shown, and for the purposes specified.

. The slide je, in combination with the packing and forming device F, as and for the purposes set forth.

9. In a basket machine the oscillating'standcrd 4, in combination with the weaving device. as and foi* the purposes specified. v

FRANKLIN H. BROWN.

Witnesses:

G sol R. RICHARDSON, LEM. W. FLnRsHErM. 

